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WELCOME TO OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE!

Address : 24 Church Road,30300 Ipoh, Perak.
Tel. No. : 05-2540176 ; 05-2428077 ; 011-26308369 [NEW NUMBER - For WhatsApp messages only]
Fax. No. : 605-2415437
E-mail Add. : smcipoh@gmail.com
Parish Priest : To be confirmed by Diocese of Penang
Office Opening Hours : Mon. to Fri. (9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.)
Sat. (9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.)
Sun. (Closed)
Mass Times : Refer to Key Info page

If you wish to offer masses, or support SMC in its daily operations and outreach programmes, you may bank in your donation to our RHB Bank account numbered 20801600155746. Name of Account : St Michael's Church, Ipoh. After banking-in, please text your details (name, amount, purpose of donation, date paid) to the church cellphone at 011-26938369 and request for an official receipt. Thank you!



follow us on Facebook SMC OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE

Get latest updates from our parish's official Facebook page (CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST.MICHAEL,IPOH). Heads of respective ministries, BECs and parishioners are encouraged to share photos anda short write-up of their church and outreach activities with the FB team actively and regularly.



Church Location

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GPS / 卫星导航经纬:N 4.594948 (LAT)E 101.088493 (LONG)


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Universalis

Click on the banner above for the readings of the day. Please change your calendar setting in Universalis to Asia-Malaysia to obtain the correct readings.

To download or listen to PRAYERS used weekly in our church, click here


UPDATES ON MASSES IN SMC

WEEKEND MASSES

Normal weekend mass schedule is listed in the table below:

DAY TIME LANGUAGE
Saturday 6.00 p.m. English
Sunday 8.00 a.m. English
Sunday 10.30 a.m. Chinese

Prayers will begin half an hour before every weekend mass.


WEEKDAY MASSES

For the general schedule of WEEKDAY masses, please click here.Kindly refer to the bulletin for changes in weekday masses due to the parish priest's schedule.


HIGHLIGHTED ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. NOTICE ABOUT ALL SAINTS' DAY AND ALL SOULS' DAY

All Saints' Day mass schedule on 1st Nov 2024

All Souls' Day mass at Tambun cemetary on 2nd Nov 2024

For mass offering details and deadlines for All Souls' day, please refer to the church bulletin or announcements listed in the archives.


2. CHANGE IN WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

Weekday Mass Schedule

3. ANNOUNCEMENT ON ADMINISTRATION OF SMC

Announcements about change in parish administrator

4. REQUEST FOR PARISH BULLETIN VIA WHATSAPP

Parishioners who wish to receive a softcopy of the Mass Offerings and Bulletin Announcements, etc. are required to follow these steps:-

i. Save the SMC WhatsApp number (011-26308369) into your mobile phones ;

ii. Send in a WhatsApp request to the number with your name and a remark: “Please add me into the WhatsApp broadcast list for Mass Offerings, Bulletin Announcements and other information.”


RCIA programme in SMC

5. RCIA 2024-25 SESSIONS

Do you wish to build a relationship with Jesus and deepen your knowledge about the Catholic Faith?

If you wish to know more about the Catholic faith or know of anyone interested to join the faith in SMC, do enquire at our parish office or from the RCIA facilitators at the contact numbers given here.

You may learn more about the foundations of the Catholic faith and its teachings by following daily podcasts through the Catechism in a Year channel by Ascension Press.

Click on their YouTube channel to follow daily episodes for each paragraph of the catechism of the Catholic Church.

The podcast will be as follows :

  • introduction and prayer by the priest about the podcast;
  • the actual reading from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) ;
  • followed by commentary about what is being read for the day.

Click here to download the reading plan.

You may refer to the CCC from this link.


6. ABOUT FORMED

Formed.org is an excellent source of faith programmes,faith-based movies, documentaries and books, including literary classics. The Penang diocese has subscribed to it and access to these materials will be freely available to us for ONE YEAR upon registration. Click here to find out how you can access these materials on Formed.org.


7. For other announcements from SMC, read the bulletin, refer to our official Facebook page or archives section.



FOR NEWCOMERS TO ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH, IPOHWelcoming family

Welcome to the SMC family! We look forward to welcoming you into our community. All weekend and weekday mass times are listed in our About - Key Info page.

If you wish to know more about the Catholic faith, feel free to enquire about the RCIA programme through our parish office via phone, e-mail or FB messaging.

We have many parish groups which you may be interested to be a part of. Click on the About - Parish Structure link to view the various ministries, BECs and groups in our SMC family.

Those wishing to help the poor may check out SMC's Ministry to the Poor.

Sahabat Orang Asli

Outreach to the Orang Asli is through the Perak Deanery Orang Asli Apostolate (directly under the purview of Penang diocese) based in our parish via Sahabat Orang Asli group.


Padre Pio relic in SMC

Newcomers may be interested to know that we are the only church in Ipoh with a first-class relic of the Italian saint popularly known as Padre Pio. Click here to read more about how this relic came to SMC. Click here to find out more about SMC's Padre Pio Group, which is a support group for those who are ill or suffering from terminal illnesses.

The Padre Pio novena is conducted at 5.30 p.m. every Thursday and on the 3rd Saturday of the month before the sunset mass. You may e-mail petitions and thanksgiving messages to padrepiosmc@gmail.com or click here to submit them using the online form.

For more up to date news and events, check out our official Facebook page.FB logo


VATICAN INSTRUCTIONS ON BURIAL AND CONSERVATION OF ASHES

The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new instruction on the burial of the dead and on the conservation of the ashes in cases of cremation, on 25th October 2016. Click here to read in detail about these instructions.


PAST PARISH EVENTS

To read about our past parish projects and events in our church, please refer to the Archives section by year.


RELIGIOUS ARTICLES CENTRE

Click here to view a selection of religious items available in our SMC Religious Articles Centre.

DAY OPENING HOURS
Tuesday Before and after the 11.00 am mass
Saturday After Sunset mass (7.00 pm - 7.30 pm)
Sunday 9.00 am to 12.00 noon

KEY INFORMATION

Click here for all details about mass times,rates for hall and funeral parlour rental etc.